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Abstract—In this study, to accurately predict cavitation of a II. EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS AND METHOD
centrifugal pump, numerical analysis was compared with experimental
results modeled on a small industrial centrifugal pump. In this study,
A. Experimental Apparatus
numerical analysis was compared with experimental results modeled Fig. 1 shows the layout of cavitation-experimental apparatus
on a small industrial centrifugal pump for reliable prediction on of the centrifugal pump and consists of three parts: a centrifugal
cavitation of a centrifugal pump. To improve validity of the numerical pump, a vacuum tank, and a vacuum pump. A system
analysis, transient analysis was conducted on the calculated domain of
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TABLE I
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
Number of blade 5
B. Experimental Method
As mentioned in the introduction, first, a performance test for Fig. 2 Geometry and parameters of the centrifugal pump
the centrifugal pump is conducted to show the validity of
numerical analysis. The pump is fixed at 2400 RPM, and the
flow is changed by using the flow control valve. A measured
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B. Cavitation Performance
Fig. 7 shows total head according to variation of cavitation
coefficient according for each flow coefficient. In this figure,
Thoma’s cavitation coefficient( σ ) of the x-axis represents the
suction capacity as in the following Eq. (3).
NPSH Pin − Pv
σ= NPSH = (3)
H γ
In these equations, Pin and γ refer to total inlet pressure and
specific gravity of water, respectively.
In the figure, the line on the horizontal x-axis refers to the
constant head coefficient as for cavitation coefficient greater (c) φ =6.05(10 -2
)
than 1, the average value of the points and the line
perpendicular to the y- axis refer to the starting point of sudden
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(b) φ =4.03(10 -2
)
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TABLE III
EXPERIMENTAL RESULT AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO
FLOW COEFFICIENT
Flow coef. [φ ( 10 -2 )] 2.02 4.03 6.05 8.07
[(ψ a −ψ l ) / ψ l ]
1.5 1.5 1.8 1.1
for the value of φ =2.02(10-2). Fig. 8 Comparison with cavitation performance curve of experimental
results and corrected numerical analysis
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